BIZ-WIRECARD FIASCO: MANILA- NBI confirms death of ex-Wirecard exec., Christopher Bauer
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This file photo taken on September 18, 2018 shows Markus Braun, CEO of the technology and financial services company Wirecard, posing at the company’s headquarters in Aschheim near Munich, southern Germany. The CEO of scandal-hit German payments provider Wirecard resigned, as it was announced on June 19, 2020.- AFP/Christof Stache
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MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Thursday confirmed that the Christopher Bauer who died last July 27, in Parañaque City, was the same person sought by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in connection with the multi-billion dollar fraud at Wirecard.
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“Per official documents submitted to the NBI, Christopher Reinhard Bauer, a German national/businessman, died on July 27, 2020, in a Paranaque hospital due to natural causes. He was subsequently cremated,” Guevarra said.
“He was the same person summoned by the NBI in connection with the Wirecard fraud investigation,” he added.
The DOJ chief said Bauer, a former Wirecard executive, was among those being eyed by the NBI and the Anti-Money Laundering Council to be investigated in connection with the Wirecard fund mess.
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